Hard decision - choosing a bike
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From: The Older Gentleman on 6 Feb 2010 11:25 The Mighty Quinlan <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: > It's "Night Rod", and they all make sense on this side of the Pond. > It's a cultural thing. <G> Sleep tight. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: S'mee on 6 Feb 2010 11:33 On Feb 6, 1:49 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > The Mighty Quinlan <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote: > > > SQ [muttering: Street Triple. Speed Triple. Rocket 3. Trident. > > Bloomin' Brits and their quaint bike names] > > I'ss see your Brit names and raise you Fat Boy, Night Train, Cross Bones > and Night Road :-p You are just irked that americans can come up with names as quaint and silly as the british manufacturers. ;^)
From: The Older Gentleman on 6 Feb 2010 11:39 S'mee <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 6, 1:49 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older > Gentleman) wrote: > > The Mighty Quinlan <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote: > > > > > SQ [muttering: Street Triple. Speed Triple. Rocket 3. Trident. > > > Bloomin' Brits and their quaint bike names] > > > > I'ss see your Brit names and raise you Fat Boy, Night Train, Cross Bones > > and Night Road :-p > > You are just irked that americans can come up with names as quaint and > silly as the british manufacturers. ;^) Damn, rumbled ;-) I did like the old Brit habit of naming bikes after aircraft: Spitfire, Hurricane, Meteor, etc. I wish the Germans had had the courage to do the same. Imagine riding a BMW Stuka[1]. [1] Yes, I know it's an acronym, but still. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Twibil on 6 Feb 2010 14:27 On Feb 6, 8:39 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > > > I did like the old Brit habit of naming bikes after aircraft: Spitfire, > Hurricane, Meteor, etc. > > I wish the Germans had had the courage to do the same. Imagine riding a > BMW Stuka[1]. > > [1] Yes, I know it's an acronym, but still. Since the original Stuka was slow, not very agile, outdated, and vulnerable to practically anything else in the air, I suspect the BMW marketing deewb who suggested the idea would be looking for employment as a janitor mach schnell. Perhaps a "Wuerger" (shrike) model named after the FW-190 might be a better bet......particularly if the first production run were prone to overheating.
From: The Older Gentleman on 6 Feb 2010 16:16
Twibil <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 6, 8:39 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older > Gentleman) wrote: > > > > > > I did like the old Brit habit of naming bikes after aircraft: Spitfire, > > Hurricane, Meteor, etc. > > > > I wish the Germans had had the courage to do the same. Imagine riding a > > BMW Stuka[1]. > > > > [1] Yes, I know it's an acronym, but still. > > Since the original Stuka was slow, not very agile, outdated, and > vulnerable to practically anything else in the air, I suspect the BMW > marketing deewb who suggested the idea would be looking for employment > as a janitor mach schnell. > > Perhaps a "Wuerger" (shrike) model named after the FW-190 might be a > better bet......particularly if the first production run were prone to > overheating. Or just give the bikes designations like 109, 262, 88 and so forth :-) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |